Articles by Lucas Di Martino

This article presents the structure of the Independent Guest Virtual Machine (IGVM) file format, a binary file designed to define and securely launch the initial state of a virtual machine. It bundles all necessary components such as the BIOS/OVMF, kernel, and initial ramdisk, into a single file. We'll focus on a concrete example to understand the main structure of the file format.

This second article describes how to convert a Silo into a Server Silo in order to create a Windows Container. In addition, it dives into certain Kernel side Silo mechanisms.

This article presents the internals of Windows Container.